Researchers from the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have demonstrated a hybrid system for drying woody biomass that utilizes both solar thermal energy and a heat pump. “We have indeed ...

Turning materials like wood chips, crop residues and municipal solid waste into fuels and chemicals is important for our ...

In Compares a traditional (top) and a new innovative method (bottom) for estimating microbial biomass carbon (MBC) in soils. The new approach uses air-drying and rewetting instead of toxic chemicals ...

1. Climate change alters both water and CO₂ availability for plants, but it is largely unknown how they interact with light to affect tree seedling establishment and early growth. Light availability ...

Typical representation of the understorey layer in dry and wet Miombo. Where ‘a’, ‘b’ and ‘c’ are respectively SK1, H3 and Z1. While ‘d’, ‘e’ and ‘f’ are respectively M2, M1 and M3. These pictures ...

Lianas are more abundant in seasonal forests than in wetter forests and are thought to perform better than trees when light is abundant and water is limited. We tested the hypothesis that lianas ...

Last Friday saw one of the biggest economic development announcements for the Black Belt in recent memory - a $175 million biomass wood pellet plant in Sumter County, and a big promise by the company ...